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10 ❯❯ Top 10 Beijing Highlights

Beijing Highlights A n d i n g m e n x i b i
A n d i n g m e n x i b i n n
ANDING MEN DONG DAJIE
ANDING MEN DONG DAJIE
At the heart of Beijing is tradition, symbolized by the
G U O WA N G G
Forbidden City, home to successive imperial dynasties TIUGULOU DAJIE TIUGULOU DAJIE G U O WA N ANDING MEN NEI DAJIE DAJIE Nangu
H U TON G G
H U TON
Nanguanan
for five centuries. Nearby, Tian’an Men Square is JIAODAOKOU ANDING MEN NEI Gong Y
Gong Yuanuan
DONG ZHI MEN NEI DAJIE
the China of recent times, of socialism and Mao. D I'AN YONGHE GONG DAJIE YONGHE GONG DAJIE DONG ZHI MEN NEI DAJIE
Beijing is also a city on the move, as a spirit of Qian JIAODAOKOU NAN DAJIE NAN DAJIE DONG CHENG
DONG CHENG
Hai
Hai
change makes it the most 21st century of capitals. DI'AN MEN XI DAJIE D I'AN ME N WAI DA JI ZHANGZI ZHONG LU DONG SI SHI TIAO
DI'AN MEN XI DAJIE
ZHANGZI ZHONG LU
DONG SI SHI TIAO
Forbidden City Bei Hai
Bei Hai
Qian ME N WAI DA JIE E
So called because DIAN MEN MEISHUGUA N HOUJIE DONG SI BEI DAJIE DONG SI BEI DAJIE
DIAN MEN
Jing Shan
Jing Shan
at one time only mem- P Parkark
MEISHUGUA N HOUJIE
DONG SI XI
DONG SI XI
bers of the imperial WENJIN J I E J I N G S H A N DAJIE
J I N G S H A N
DAJIE
WENJIN J I E
Q I A N J I E
Q I A N J I E
court were allowed NAN DAJIE NAN DAJIE DONG SI DONG SI
inside, this is one of Hai DAJIE DAJIE WANGFUJING WANGFUJING
Hai
the largest and greatest DONGHUAME
DONGHUAMEN N
palace complexes ever Zhong N A N C H A N G J I DAJI
DAJIE E
built (see pp12–15). Nan
Nan
Hai
Hai
Zhong N A N C H A N G J I E E
D O N
D O N G G
Temple of Heaven X I C H A N G 'A N J I E CH AN G'A N J IE CHONGWEN MEN NEI DAJIE CHONGWEN MEN NEI DAJIE
CH AN G'A N J IE
X I C H A N G 'A N J I E
Originally the venue for
annual winter solstice sacrifices,
QIAN MEN XI D A JIEA JIE
which were performed by QIAN MEN XI D 0 k 1 1
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successive emperors to ensure
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ample harvests, the temple QIAN MEN DAJIE QIAN MEN DAJIE 0 miles 1 1
remains Beijing’s most recog- Z H U S H I K O U
Z H U S H I K O U
DO N G D A J I E
DO N G D A J I E
ZHUSHIKOU
CHONGWEN
nizable icon (see pp16–17). ZHUSHIKOU CHONGWEN
XI DAJIE
XI DAJIE
Tian’an Men Square TIANQIAO NAN DAJIE TIANQIAO NAN DAJIE T Tian Tanian Tan
The world’s largest public square is not P Parkark
pretty, but it is surrounded by august
cultural and political institutions, and
it is also the final resting place of
Chairman Mao Zedong (see pp18–19).
Lama Temple
The largest and most
spectacular of the city’s temples
is a working lamasery, home to
monks from Mongolia and Tibet
(see pp20–21).
Bei Hai Park
The most beautiful of Beijing’s
many city parks is laid out around a
central lake, first dug out in the 12th
century, with the excavated earth
used to create a central island. The
famed Kublai Khan ruled his empire
from a palace here (see pp24–5).
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